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Activists hold up posters during a rally against Indonesia's new criminal law in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. The country's parliament passed the long-awaited and controversial revision of its penal code Tuesday that criminalizes extramarital sex for citizens and visiting foreigners alike. Writings on the posters read &quot;Reject the revised penal code&quot; and &quot;Revised criminal law shackles press freedom.&quot; (AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi)

Indonesia’s Parliament votes to ban sex outside of marriage

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

Members of the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) flies a helicopter to deliver relief goods to a village affected by Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. The magnitude 5.6 quake killed hundreds of people, many of them children, and displaced tens of thousands. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Strong quake shakes main Indonesia island, no major damage

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Police officers stand guard outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat ahead of a leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 23, 2021. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations is scheduled to hold a special summit to discuss Myanmar on Saturday. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

ASEAN leaders tell Myanmar coup general to end killings

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

In this photo released by Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, right, talks with her Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif during their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 19, 2021. (Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Iran, Indonesia foreign ministers discuss trade, economy

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

National Transportation Safety Committee investigators carry a box containing the cockpit voice recorder of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 retrieved from the waters off Java Island where the passenger jet crashed in January, during a press conference at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia finds Sriwijaya Air jet’s cockpit voice recorder

By ANDI JATMIKO - Associated Press

Police escort Usman bin Sef, also known as Fahim, a convicted leader of al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah extremist group in East Java province, upon arrival at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Thursday, March 18, 2021. Indonesian authorities on Thursday transferred suspected militants arrested in raids in the last few weeks, from East Java to the capital city for further questioning. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesian police say new JI cell was recruiting, training

By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Rescuers assist a survivor pulled out from the ruin of a government building collapsed during an earthquake in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight Friday, toppling homes and buildings, triggering landslides and killing a number of people. (AP Photo/Azhari Surahman)

Damaged roads, lack of gear hinder Indonesia quake rescue

By NINIEK KARMINI and YUSUF WAHIL - Associated Press

Indonesian Navy divers pull out a part of an airplane out of the water during a search operation for the Sriwijaya Air passenger jet that crashed into the sea near Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Indonesian divers on Sunday located parts of the wreckage of the Boeing 737-500 in the Java Sea, a day after the aircraft with dozens of people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Jakarta. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesia navy divers hunt for crashed plane’s black boxes

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

This radar image shows the flight path of Indonesian Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 before it dropped off radar, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. The Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Saturday on a domestic flight, officials said. (Flightradar24.com via AP)

Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight

By Niniek Karmini and Edna Tarigan - Associated Press

Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir sits inside a van as he leaves upon his release from Gunung Sindur Prison in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. The convicted firebrand cleric who inspired the Bali bombers and other violent extremists walked free from prison Friday after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic militants. (AP Photo/Aditya Irawan)

Indonesian cleric who inspired Bali bombings freed from jail

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

Police officers escort suspected militant Zulkarnaen, center, who is also known as Aris Sumarsono, upon arrival at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Indonesian authorities have transferred suspected militants arrested in recent weeks to the country’s capital, including Zulkarnaen, a bomb maker and the architect of a series of deadly attacks and sectarian conflicts in the world’s largest Muslim majority nation. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesian police move top terror suspect for investigation

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, file photo, Indonesian Islamic cleric and the leader of Islamic Defenders Front Rizieq Shihab, center, gestures to his followers as he arrives from Saudi Arabia in Jakarta, Indonesia. Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. Officers early Monday fatally shot six suspected followers of the Islamic Defenders Front, police said. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Indonesian cleric turns himself in for COVID-19 violations

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A police officer fires his tear gas launcher during a protest against the new Job Creation Law approved by Parliament last week in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Thousands of conservative Muslims marched in Indonesia's capital on Tuesday demanding that the government revoke the law they say will cripple labor rights. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Muslim protesters march against Indonesia’s new labor law

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

A labor demonstrator raises his fists in support of the protest against a controversial omnibus bill on job creation in Tangerang, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Thousands of students and laborers protested on Wednesday against the new law they say cripples labor rights and harms the environment. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Protests against new labor law turn violent across Indonesia

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

People, wearing a face mask as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak, walk on a pedestrian crossing at the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Indonesia's capital on Monday begins to reimpose large-scale social restrictions to control a rapid expansion in the virus cases. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia’s capital under virus order, hospitals nearly full

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

A man checks his mobile phone near rows of closed shops following months of lockdown due to the new coronavirus outbreak, in Bali, Indonesia on Monday, July 27, 2020. Indonesia has the highest number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Confirmed coronavirus cases surpass 100,000 in Indonesia

By EDNA TARIGAN and VICTORIA MILKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 2, 2020, file photo, a chili pepper vendor wears a face mask and shield as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a traditional market in Jakarta, Indonesia. As Indonesia’s overall virus caseload continues to rise, Jakarta's governor has moved to restore normalcy by lifting some restrictions, saying that the spread of the virus in the city of 11 million has slowed down after peaking in mid-April. This has raised concerns among some, with experts warning that reopening too soon can cause Jakarta to be hit with a second wave of the virus. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

Easing restrictions in Indonesia’s capital triggers concerns

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 31, 2019, file photo, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi sits at the start of ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting plenary session in Bangkok, Thailand. Foreign Minister Marsudi said in a video conference Sunday, May 10, 2020, from the capital, Jakarta, that 49 Indonesian fishermen, ranging from 19 to 24 years old, were forced to work an average of over 18 hours a day on at least four Chinese fishing boats. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

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People wear masks at a traditional market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 10, 2020. Authorities began stricter measures to halt the new coronavirus' spread in Indonesia's capital Friday, with its normally congested streets empty after death toll spiked in the past week. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Mosques, streets quiet as Indonesia’s capital tightens rules

By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, left, walks with his wife Queen Maxima during their visit at a Dutch war cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. The Dutch royal couple are currently on on a five-day visit in the country. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Dutch king apologizes for colonial killings in Indonesia

By ANDI JATMIKO and NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press